Battlefield Advertising sources, decorates and ships promotional products for trade shows, onboarding kits, giveaways and everyday brand visibility, drawing on the full Proforma catalogue of merchandise suppliers.
Branded merchandise covers the everyday products a business hands out with its logo on them: pens, notebooks, drinkware, bags, tech accessories and more. The products themselves are common, but the difference between merchandise that gets used for years and merchandise that gets thrown out comes down to product quality, decoration quality and matching the item to the audience.
Battlefield Advertising sources branded merchandise through the Proforma network, which gives access to thousands of products from vetted suppliers across categories and price points. Whether you need a few hundred items for a trade show booth, a recurring order of onboarding kit items, or a one-time run of retail merchandise, the process runs through the same point of contact as your other branding orders.
Insulated tumblers, mugs, water bottles and travel cups, consistently among the most-used promotional items.
Tote bags, backpacks, drawstring bags and laptop bags for events, onboarding kits and retail.
Power banks, wireless chargers, charging cables, earbuds and laptop sleeves for office and remote staff.
Pens, notebooks and desk accessories, often the lowest-cost item in a kit and the most widely distributed.
A trade show giveaway, an onboarding kit, a retail item and a client gift all call for different products and price points, so we start with how the merchandise will be used.
We shortlist products that fit the budget and recommend a decoration method, such as screen printing or embroidery, based on the product and your logo.
Before production, you receive a mockup showing the logo placement, colours and decoration method on the actual product.
Approved orders move into production with a vetted decorator and ship to your office, an event, or into fulfillment for staged distribution.
The right decoration method depends on the product, the logo, and how many colours need to be reproduced. Battlefield recommends a method based on the product you choose, but the most common options are:
Many businesses end up working with several different merchandise suppliers over time, one for apparel, another for drinkware, another for trade show giveaways, each with its own ordering process, minimums and timelines. That works until an order needs to combine products from more than one category, or a reorder needs to match a previous run exactly and nobody can find the original specs.
Sourcing merchandise through Battlefield and the Proforma network keeps a record of what was ordered, the decoration specs used, and the supplier for each product, so reorders match previous runs and new categories can be added to an existing program without starting from scratch. This matters most for businesses that order merchandise more than once a year, such as recurring onboarding kits, annual trade show inventory or seasonal giveaways.
Trade shows and events use merchandise as booth giveaways that keep your brand visible after the show ends.
Onboarding kits pair merchandise with apparel and printed materials to welcome new hires consistently.
Retail and storefronts sell or give away branded merchandise as an additional revenue or loyalty touchpoint.
Everyday brand visibility comes from giving staff and clients useful items they keep on their desks and in their bags.
